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  • How HTML5 remote desktop clients work

    Earlier this week, I wrote about my initial thoughts on the Chromebook , and I talked a little bit about HTML5 remote desktop clients, specifically AccessNow from Ericom. In the comments, we also heard from the creator of Spark View, Walter Wang. Walter...
    by Gabe Knuth on June 24, 2011 : 6 comments , 11,720 views
  • You know where Citrix XenDesktop beats VMware View today? It's the clients.

    At my Desktop Virtualization 2011 event in Atlanta last week (which will be in Detroit this week and St. Louis next week), one of the questions I was asked was, "Which is better: XenDesktop or View?" I've historically answered that question with some...
    by Brian Madden on June 07, 2011 : 24 comments , 14,510 views
  • Why Android thin clients will rule

    One of the most exciting things I hope we'll see very soon is thin client devices running Android . I'm not talking about Android netbooks or tablets, rather, I'm interested in an honest-to-goodness legitimate desktop thin client that runs...
    by Brian Madden on March 22, 2011 : 14 comments , 8,524 views
  • VMware releases a native View PC-over-IP client for the Apple iPad

    VMware just announced availability of a PC-over-IP -based View client for the Apple iPad. It's just now become available in the Apple App Store, so I'll be downloading it this week to try out. In the meantime, I was able to sit down with VMware's...
    by Brian Madden on March 09, 2011 : 4 comments , 8,818 views
  • Citrix Receiver for Windows v13 is finally multithreaded! (Shhh... Don't tell Citrix I told you!)

    One of the cooler things that's happened for Citrix recently is that they've managed to hire Lee Rautenberg , the inventor of pcAnywhere, to join them as a principal software engineer. (This is actually pretty awesome and ironic, since back in...
    by Brian Madden on November 22, 2010 : 5 comments , 9,351 views
  • Converting PC's into thin clients - a rundown of a suddenly crowded niche

    On Brian Madden TV last week, we talked about a number of the PC-to-Thin Client conversion products on the market, and it became pretty clear that there are quite a few products out there. Each of these products fits into one of two categories, so it...
    by Gabe Knuth on September 29, 2009 : 33 comments , 32,768 views
  • Brian Madden TV #19 - VMworld wrap-up #3 - Client device Super Show!

    This is our third VMworld 2009 wrap-up show. This week we're focusing on client devices. Brian talks about his mini-crush on Wyse. They had a lot of impressive stuff at the show, including: New C-class client devices (small, cheap things with dedicated...
    by Brian Madden TV on September 24, 2009 : 3 comments , 7,059 views
  • "Because we can!" Distribute App-V apps via USB stick with our free new tool.

    Cool, finally we released it. My colleagues Peter Nap and Rodney Medina ( www.softgridblog.com ) made the free App-v USB tool available for download. With this App-V USB Tool you can distribute your apps via USB sticks. The App-V USB Tool is an add-on...
    by Jeroen van de Kamp on August 27, 2009 : 5 comments , 3,973 views
  • Why do we need "Software" client hypervisors?

    For at the past few years, I've talked about how I think that platform hypervisors are going to move towards the hardware in the future, leaving the current market players sitting not on their own hypervisors, but on a suite of tools to manage/extend...
    by Gabe Knuth on June 03, 2009 : 7 comments , 5,889 views
  • Citrix drops the word “XenApp” from their ICA client. Could this hint at published apps from XenDesktop?

    It’s been about a year since I first wrote about Citrix’s “ app publishing tax ” (and how they’ve tried to address it ). Since then they’ve done countless promotions, bundling options, deals, and repackaging. But the...
    by Brian Madden on May 15, 2009 : 10 comments , 9,509 views
  • Citrix releases an ICA client for the Apple iPhone. Is this the future of Windows apps on mobile devices?

    After months and months of work, a preview version of Citrix’s ICA client (err.. “receiver” in their new nomenclature) is now available as a 0.9 version for free in the iPhone App Store. ( iTunes link ) The new client, which works on...
    by Brian Madden on March 30, 2009 : 10 comments , 16,321 views
  • This week: On-site coverage from Symantec ManageFusion 09 in Las Vegas.

    Symantec bought Altiris in January 2007 , AppStream in last April , and connection broker maker nSuite last August . It seemed that they were on the path to becoming a “real” player in the desktop virtualization space, although we hadn’t really heard...
    by Brian Madden on March 09, 2009 : 1 comments , 2,169 views
  • Not to be outdone by VMware, Citrix also dabbles in the mobile device hypervisor space

    Two months ago, VMware bought a company called Trango and launched the VMware Mobile Virtualization Platform. Back then I wrote that the Trango acquisition was not about running VDI or Windows on a mobile phone, but instead about allowing multiple phone...
    by Brian Madden on January 16, 2009 : 4 comments , 3,323 views
  • Ericom's True Media Experience, or Reverse Seamless Windows

    Earlier this week, I had a briefing with Ericom and came away with an interesting bit of information about their upcoming PowerTerm Webconnect release. "True Media Experience," which uses a technology developed by Ericom called Reverse Seamless...
    by Gabe Knuth on December 17, 2008 : 11 comments , 4,282 views
  • Details about Microsoft Calista start to emerge, but much is still unknown

    It's been almost a year since Microsoft bought Calista Technologies , a non-shipping set of technologies that leverages host and client-based GPUs for 3D and multimedia remoting. Since the acquisition, Microsoft has been mum about the technology....
    by Brian Madden on November 21, 2008 : 7 comments , 5,815 views
  • XenApp 5 Feature Profile: Special Folder Redirection

    Now that the early adopters have had their fun with XenApp 5, the path has been cleared for the wait-and-see crowd to get their hands a little dirty in the sandbox. Citrix has announced over 50 new features and enhancements, and we're going to take...
    by Gabe Knuth on November 17, 2008 : 11 comments , 16,847 views
  • How to Deploy the XenApp Web Plugin (ICA Web Client) v11 via Web Interface 4.6 and Web Interface 5.0

    For those who would like a quick “Google-able” article on how to deploy the new XenApp Web Plugin (formerly known as the web client) this is the article for you. To do this, you basically follow the instructions from CTX114097, “Deploying...
    by Katie Koepke on November 10, 2008 : 4 comments , 29,619 views
  • Citrix ICA client for the iPhone. Would you care?

    Last month, Citrix showed a mockup of what an ICA client for the iPhone could look like. Does this represent the future of application access, or is this just a neat party trick?...
    by Jack Madden on July 16, 2008 : 36 comments , 13,777 views
  • New XenApp Client Package - Version 11.000 BETA

    My good buddy Gus over at Citrix posted up today that the latest and greatest XenApp client package is available for beta. These clients support Windows Vista, XP, 2003 & 2000 Citrix is looking for users to test drive the latest version of the XenApp...
    by Michael Keen on June 02, 2008 : 1 comments , 4,140 views
  • Accario introduces the AccessStick DayXtender

    At iForum 2007 in Las Vegas last month, I was able to get my hands on a cool little device called the AccessStick DayXtender from Accario, makers of EPAFactory. Here, I'll let you know what it's all about....
    by Gabe Knuth on November 28, 2007 : 10 comments , 12,162 views